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thewayne*sigh* At least it's been a long time since the last one, but it's going to be a rough transition.
Microsoft is taking away the Ctrl key on the right.
In its place will be a key for its CoPilot AI Assistant.
Won't that be just dandy?
The last change was when MS added the Windows key to the Natural Keyboard back in '94. But MS really wants people to use its AI assistant, so what better way than to make a key dedicated to it where people regularly use a normal key?
Here's the kicker: it's possible that it may not be able to be reassigned!
I was reading an article on Dell's new XPS series that's going through a complete refresh for 2024. They all have the new CoPilot key - to the left of the left arrow key - and it is immutable. Cannot be changed. That's definitely going to force a lot of people to retrain muscle memory who are semi-touch typists.
Personally, if they'd tied it to a function key, or left the key reprogrammable - that'd be fine. But if it is indeed not reprogrammable, that's going to be quite an issue!
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/ai-comes-for-your-pcs-keyboard-as-microsoft-adds-dedicated-copilot-key/
Microsoft is taking away the Ctrl key on the right.
In its place will be a key for its CoPilot AI Assistant.
Won't that be just dandy?
The last change was when MS added the Windows key to the Natural Keyboard back in '94. But MS really wants people to use its AI assistant, so what better way than to make a key dedicated to it where people regularly use a normal key?
Here's the kicker: it's possible that it may not be able to be reassigned!
I was reading an article on Dell's new XPS series that's going through a complete refresh for 2024. They all have the new CoPilot key - to the left of the left arrow key - and it is immutable. Cannot be changed. That's definitely going to force a lot of people to retrain muscle memory who are semi-touch typists.
Personally, if they'd tied it to a function key, or left the key reprogrammable - that'd be fine. But if it is indeed not reprogrammable, that's going to be quite an issue!
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/ai-comes-for-your-pcs-keyboard-as-microsoft-adds-dedicated-copilot-key/
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Date: 2024-01-06 09:08 pm (UTC)I assume it will be reassignable, since there's got to be an underlying keyboard map that can be tweaked at a firmware level.